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THT NEW YORK: TIMES. SUNDAY. JUNE 0. 1007; a-a -TO --UAUAtiK THE TAFT CANVASS r'. i i Whipped Foraker In.

Ohio and Will, Now After mother; HIS METHODS 1 ARE QUIET National Politician Will Watch Him Closely, BscauaeH Saama'to bo Another Harm. WASHINGTON. June Arthur I. Vorys will manage tha National impln for the nomination of William H. Taft.

His choice la a rcotcnltin bia remark-abte uccm In tb preliminary ajdrcal.h In Ohio. Tba Tft boom was pot Into tha hatxla Of Vorys wbn the two Ohio mator. with the aolld Republican organisation behind thrm. Kad ml- otbr plana. Their ra.ntSl4a.la waa Foraker and their Intention was to swing" a Foraker delegation Into Una for Knox or any other final choice of the antl-Ttooaevelt Republican.

since they did not have aeiioua expectations of mak-Inc Foraker the candidate. Vorys 'had the Rooaevelt sentiment of the State to help him. but the Senators did not consider mere aentlment aerloualy. They bad defeated It on numeroua occa- Ions, the State ConvAtlon of laat Bummer being the moat recent caae in point. The Ohio Republican machine had never been defeated by aentiment except at the poll.

Vorya showed them a new trick; Thia Quiet country from Lancaster, a little Democratic county, turned the artillery of publicity, with public eentlment for ammunition, on the prided phalanx of the organisation. Cox surrendered. Waltox Brown ran up a white flag. Foraker waa reduced to wllling- MM to treat If they would only permit blru te retaJn his Senate seat. Dick ran "to cover.

The little fellowa threw down 1hlr arm and came in by companies. In a few' weeks Foraker, to whom Taft refuaed any compromise, waa left alone. outside the breastworks. leader of a few veterane of the Id Foraker days. Kverybody but Foraker now admits that Taft haa Ohio, every district and every county.

i ntsreirardlng Foraker, everybody haa been asking what would be the next step of the victorious Taft forces. It waa apparent that the time had com to be-jrln an active orirantsatton and propaganda outside Ohio. Advice' poured lu aa to "thia man or that for Field Marshal, and aa thia State or that for a first battle-around. Only. the hla; cool-headed, genial candidate refuaed to get excited.

He listened to the advice and the namea proffered with hla uaual friendly smite. Then he summoned Arthur I. Vorya to Washington to tell him what to do That Is the secret of the conference held to-: day at the home of Secretary Taft. In wnlch Vorya and Representative participated with him. United down, the conference amounted to this: Secretary Taft said: "Well done, Vrys.

Uo on," or words- to that effect. There la no official announcement that Vorya hca been named campaign man--ager for the Nation. It ia simply stated that one of the topics discuased to-day waa the work to be done outside Ohio. row that has been won. Vorya himself had nothing to aay.

Hla strong point la saying nothing. He la a big. iiuiet. pleasant fellow with keen eyea, a elo i an i lie. wtd shoulders, and a strong luind- irrlp.

Vorya does not think It wisdom to dls-. cuss something- he Intends to do. When It la done. why. It Is done, and lets other people talk about it.

Consequently he does not talk at all. He is nut strong on titles. He does not care to be called campaign maiiaurr or campaigns Chairmen, and his teste do not run to won-. Ing big badges or riding In a carriage drawn by whlt horsra behind the band. But Is a type worthy of the long tradl- lions of Ohio politicians, who have been Fresldentk makers time out of mind.

When an intnown man of business named Hanna started out to make a IresJdent In 1811 men celebrated In National politics laughed. liut they will nut laugh now, when another quiet, almost unknown Ohio chap starts out on the same errand. Foraker threatened to split Ohio's solid delegation in spite of iiannti. too. It will be remembered.

Vorya has disposed of Foraker more quickly and with less trouble than did the great Hanna. That Is a point which la being thoughtfully noted here. Columbus will be National headquar ters far the Tart Doom, aa it was National tiidquarters for the McKlntey boom. There la to no formal icre-moiiv or ttarade or review or ani.ounoe- ment or anything of' the sort when the Taft boom marches out across tne Borders of Ohio to invade other States. Just go on.

Vorys," from the candidate. Vorya goea to New York to-morrow to a meeting of State Insurance Commission-era. On he will be back in Ohio and oaeraticna will undoubtedly begin aoon after. Secretary Taft leavea to-nlglit on a trip through ffce Northwest, where he will deliver a number of speeches. Incidentally, the Taft people have no Intention of relaxing vigilance because they have won Ohio.

They will keep Ohio. Foraker and his guerilla band will find raiding a dau-gorous operation. It la ton much to aay that it haa been definitely determined ot to hold a convention In Ohio thia If one ehoul.1 be found necessary would be held. If a ttalioon aecension were found necessary It would bo held. If a skirt dance by Walter Hron were rraarded aa helhful.

that young man would aoon be pirouetting on his toes. While In New York Vorya will look Into the situation there. TO ORGANIZE NEGRO VOTE. Laagua Wanta a President Who Will Race with Consideration." organise the negro vote throughout the country so that a man 'may be put In tha White House who will treat the negro race with the greatest consldera-tlon." is the announce! purpose ol the National NogTO Lnujua, organized at the National Nesro Conference, held In this city on Friday. The league that through its efforts the negro may gradually assume a stronger place la the af-fsira of the Nation Kx-Judge Jaiv.v Ov Matthews of Albany was elected President of tSfv l-ague by the forty-five dolegntea who represented, besides this tate.

Ohio, UUr.ot. Indiana. West Virginia. Maryland, Connecticut. Pennsylvania.

New Jersey Rhode Island, and the District of Columbia. HEARST LEADER ACCUSED. Ambrose Sutcliffa Summoned on Charge of Taking Organization Cash. More of the trouble -of the Hearst Independence League In the Fourteenth Assembly District were aired In Torkville it is a baforo making per. sonai calls TO TELEPHONE FIRST and savo Hmo and disappointment arnr yokk tevephomz coT Court yesterday, when Tnomaa V- Nolan, leader of the DrtocvH faction of the- district organisation, summoned Ambrose Sutcllffe on a charge of larceny In haying deserted to the enemy, otherwise the league regulars, with SB in cash and the books of tha district organlxaUon.

Nolan told Magistrate Whitman that ButcUffe bad only a doxen followers, yet bad set op riVsJ organ isatloti la the district. "utclff.re aald he Wa reoognlsed by trice fiutcliffe aald that toe waa recognised' by Vm beadibf Ua etue at the Gllsey House, and that therHora he had a right to the books and tha cash, under the law. After learning that tha same matter was to. be thrashed out In court in the fight over the State Chairmanship, Magistrate Whitman declared that he regarded gutcllffe's position as the legal one, but that if Nolan-wanted the books he could apply to the civil cooria for an accounting, which Nolan promised to do. SURE ITS ROOSEVELT.

Sherman of New York Calla on Him and Predicta Nomination. Specioi Tkt StW York Timet. WASHINGTON. June 8. Representative James F.

Ebirmau of New York. Chairman of, the Republican Congressional Committee called' on the President today. After he came out he said: -Of course New Tcrk la' solfd for Roosevelt for renominatlon. The whole' country la solid for him, for that matter, and of course be Is going to be nominated and elected- He will not let us from New York present his name to the convention, but somebody else, wlil be sure to do It, and then It will be all over." He was asked if the President would not refuse to let his name be presented. Kvery man la ruler of his own household." said Mr.

Sherman. but he can't control others. He can't control anybody but" the delegates from hie home Stat. In fact, the tverw man la lucky If he can do that." Mr. Sherman has never been regarded as precisely surcharged with enthusiasm for Mr.

Roosevelt. JIM CROW CAR CASE yP. Commerce Hears' Argument' on Complaint of Negro Woman. WASHINGTON. June 8.

Whether railroads have the right, under the law, to-provide separate- cars for white and colored passengers In Inter-State traffic practically Is the question which waa argued to-day before the Inter-State Commerce The case was that of Georgia Edwards against the Nashville, Chattanooga St. Louis Railway Company, operating the Western Atlantic Railroad. The complainant alleged that on Aug. 31. 190C, she purchased a first-class passenger ticket from Chattanooga.

to Dalton, and was compelled by the defendant company to ride In an I Inferior coach, popularly known as a Jim Crow car, although on the same, train white passengers wer permitted to ride In first-class coaches. She se-ks reparatory damages and a construction of the law. In the bearing of the si It was asserted by the railroad company that the facilities afforded the passengers In the car set apart for negro passengers were equal to those in the cars set aside for white passengers, although not necessarily Identical. Miss Edwards testified that she was compelled to travel In a car In which smoking waa permitted and that she he-came ill In consequence. She also criticised the, accommodations afforded as in-adHiuate, uncomfortable, and inconvenient.

SELLING PORTO RICO COFFEE. More Profitable to Stand Big French Tax Than Sell Free Here. WASHINGTON, June 8. Delegate Lar-rlnaga of Porto Interested In the proposed Imposition by the French Government of the maximum duty on Porto Rico coffee, was at the White House to day, and had a talk with the President. The French have been the best custom ers of Porto Rico for coffee, he said, and It was more profitable for the islanders to Bend tne product to ranee in the face of a thirteen-cent duty than to sell It duty free In New York.

The explanation for this is that the French art accustomed to Porto Rico cof fee and pay a high price for it, while in America It does not command any higher price than Rio. The matter has been placed In the hands of Secretary Root. GOV. CARTER WILL QUIT. Hawaii's Executive Will Not Serve After Preaent Term Expires.

WASHINGTON. June R. Carter. Governor, of Hawaii, will not ser-e another term after the present one, which expires on Nov. lEi.

The Governor to-day so Informed the President, who wished him to continue in of fl e. The Oovernor said that affairs were moving along very nicely in the Islands, and that while there la no great prosperity there is no depression. TRIED TO KILL FAMILY. Unemployed Man Slew Daughter and Wounded Wife and Himself. PROVIDENCE.

June 8. George W. Lonsdale, a mill operative who had been away from horn for two weeks looking for work, returned last night. Neighbors were aroused early to-day by the sound of pistol shots. The police were notified and the door of the house was broken in.

In a bedroom were found his wife seriously wounded and thelf child Kmma dead, lxinsdule lay upon the floor with two bullet wounds In his head. James W. Turner, who boarded In the house, was aroused by the sound of the shots. He ran down stairs, and aa he entered the door of the bed mm Lonsdale fired two shots at, hint. The boarder fled.

FIREMEN BALK RAILWAY. Turn Hoao on Gang of Men Laying Tracks and. Rout Therh. ROCHESTER, June 8. The Buffalo, Iockport Rochester Railway Company attempted to.

lay tracks on Commercial Street. Medina. last night with a large gang of men. Alderman Milebam promptly a.lled out the Fire Department and ordered the firemen to turn the hose on the workmen, which was done. The workmen and firemen guarded the street all night.

The fight is over the grade, and a suit is pending In the courts. AUTOISTS MADE POLICEMEN. Club Members Will Aid In Stopping Scorching in Buffalo. BUFFALO. June Ele-n prominent members of the Automobile Club of Buffalo art now pecial officers of the Police Department.

They were sworn In yesterday by Police Commissioner Zeiler. The purpose Is to have them help the department in the work of stopping automobile scorchrng. The names ot these men were not given out for publication, it beiti the intention to have their identity kept as secret as 1 oi ia order that their work may be more effective. MANY SUICIDES IN CHICAGO. Forecaster Saya Weather Is Response I ble for-a Record Month.

CHICAGO. June Sl Chicago's suicjde record was broken la May, and the Coroner's office and Forecaster Henry J. Cox aay the weatjher is responsible for the Increase The Coroner's books show that January had twenty-five case of suicide, February twenty-nine. March thirty-seven, April forty-six. and May fifty-five.

Ia the first five mrfnths of the year there were seventy-five murders, twenty-two of which were committed In May. Fftuattana wanted advOTtiamrirnts far THE NEW TURK TIMES aay lei I at IB; Amwi-r CHstrtci McaMOgec attic at rates. A4v. RDOSEVEIFTBPEAKS TO FELLOW-MASONS Assists ip Laying the Cornerstone of the Temple In Washington. USES WASHINGTON RELICS Aaka tha Ma tone to Remember Their Peculiar Obligation to be Good Cltizena.

WASHINGTON. June 8. President Roosevelt, a member of the blue lodge of tha Masonic fraternity, this afternoon helped to lay the cornerstone of the new Masonic temple which Is to be erected at Thirteenth Street and New York Avenue, A large crowd was present. Including prominent Masons from other Jurisdic tion. 1 The gavel and trowel used were those used by President Washington In laying the cornerstone of the United States Capitol, Sept.

18. 1793, and tha Bible was used by Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4 of Virginia when President Washington became a member of the fraternity. The President spread some cement under the cornerstone with the trowel, and later handled the gavel and Bible. The President-was accompanied by Secretary Loeb, who also Is a Mason.

J. II. Small. the President of the Masonic Temple Association, made the Introductory address; Francis J. Woodman, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge, had charge of the ceremony of the laying of the cornerstone, and remarks were made hy Mathew Trimble and Henry L.

West, one of the District Commissioners. M-usln was furnished by the Marine Band. President Roosevelt spoke as follows: It is a privilege and a pleasure to take part to-day In the dedication of the new temple. I am sure all of us mutt appreciate the courtrsy of these bretiiren of other, lodges which has rendered it possible to use on this occasion the Bible upon which the great First Citizen of this Republic. Washington, took the oath when he was mad a Mason, and the Implements, which he used as a Mason in laying the cornerstone of the Capitol in this cup-Ital city of the Nation.

Surely there Is no place, no other city in the Union, where there should be as fine a Masonic temple as here In Washington, for It Is In a sense a National temple, where Masons from every jurisdiction gather. I have but a word, to say to you, and that word must always be appropriate In any Masonic meeting where the name of Washington Is mentioned. I ask of each Mason, of each member, of each brother, that he shall remember ever that there Is upon him a peculiar obligation to show Mm serf in every respect a good citizen, after all.the way In which he can best do his duty by the ancient order to which he belongs Is by reflecting credit upon that order by the way in which he performs his duty as a citizen of the Let me' also point out that It Is well not to wait for time of unusual crises before you become a good citizen. We are all of us aware of the tempetaMon to think what awxre of the temptation to thing what a. splendid and heroic part we would play If the times demanded It, while at the same time It Is not always easy to do the workaday, humdrum duliea of the moment.

I remember down In the village where I live there was a very decent but rather dreamy young fellow, a little bit apt to spend his time In thinking of how exceedingly well he could have led his life under other conditions. His mother was a very hardworking woman, and one day he was reading in the paper an account of a fire in New York and the heroic deed of a fireman in rescuing certain people from that burning building. His mother was very busy about the room. Pretty soon he put down the paper And said with a sigh: Oh. how I would like to rescue somebody from a burning Hfs mother answered: Well, I'll tell you.

This building on fire, but ir you will get in the kindling wood, I'll be obliged to I think that there Is a very good moral lesson for all of us In that. The way to be a good citizen to be a good neighbor, and first of all a good neighbor to the people in your own household, a good neighbor to your wife and children; then to act toward your fellows so that you become the kind of man whom they are glad to have work for them or for whom they are glad to work, or whom they are glad to have live next them or do business with, and then to do each hla duty faithfully and decently to the State and to the Nation. And In making any address in public. It dfes seem to me that the lesson above all other lessons to be inculcated by every Mason in addressing his brother Masons Is that the way to reriect credit upon tne ancient ana honorable body to which we belong Is to make that body, so far as In us lies, an Instrument for the the uplifting, the ennobling of the great Nation to wnicn we an neiong. YEGGMEN GET $1,1 00.

They Blow Open a Department Store Safe in Schenectady. SCHENECTADY. June 8. By blowing open the safe in a department store conducted by J. J.

Hurtigan Co. early this morning, yeggmen "got about fl.luO In cash and several valuable papers. Entrance was gained by a rear window on the second floor, to which the burglars climbed by means of a ladder taken from a new building. The combination, dial and knob of the safe were hammered olf and nitroglycerine poured into the holes. The safe -was then covered with bolts of lawn from near-by counters and the fuse lighted.

The door was blown completely from Its hinges. TWO MEN KIDNAP A NUN. She ASdresaea One aa "Father" When They Appear. Dl'Ll'TH, June 8. sister Bor-romea, a teacher at St.

Clement's Catholic School, was kidnapped yesterday by two men. who thrust her into a closed carriage and escaped pursuit. Sister Borromea was sitting at her desk when the men entered hurrip.tlv. As ihey approached she bowed cour- teously and caileo one of the men Father in her salutation. They immediately seized her and carried her to the carriage.

The sister screamed fought oespraieiy, out she waa unable to frre herself. Many pupil ran after the carriage In a.n nu men tcui iru iae anair to the police. Director for Boston Art Muaeum. BOSTON. June 8.

Prof. Arthur Fair banks of Ann Arbor. has accepted the place of Director of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, accordtrrg to the announcement made by officers of that Institution to-day. Prof. Fairbanks is 43 years old.

He was graduated from Dartmouth in 1m5. and received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Freiburg in IK. For the laat few years he has teen Professor of Greek at the University of Negroes Sent to Phllipplnea. WASHINGTON. June Twenty-fifth lafantry.

one of whose battalions figured in the Brownsville incident, was to-day ordered to sail for the Philippines from San Francisco on the transport Bu-ford July Practically all of the negro troops will thua be removed from the Vmted State, nlv a few cavalrymen be-1a left at West Poiau "ONI QUE'BOOKTO BE SOLD.1 Copy of Audubon's Work Records Fact That Georgo IV. Oldnt Pay Him. A fine copy of the work of tha great American naturalist. John J. Audubon.

Ornithological Biography; or. An Account of the Habits of tha Birds of the United Edinburgh; 1S31-38, I one of the most Interesting Items In the valuable private library of the late John P. Jensen of Brooklyn, which will be sold tomorrow by the Anderson Company. In West Twenty-ninth Street, The copy la peculiarly interesting because It Is a presentation copy to the American Jurist. Jonathan Prescott JlalL signed John J.

Audubon to J. Prescott Hall." and haa written on the flyleaf the following notation In Mr. Hall writing: Mr. Audubon told me tn the year 184 sic) that be did not sell more than forty coptes of hla great work ('The Birds America) in England. Ireland.

Scotland, and France, of which Louis Philippe took ten. "The following received their copies but never paid for them: George Duchess of Clarence, Marquis of London-; derry. Princess of Hess-Homburg. An Irish lord, whose mune he would not give, took two copies, and paid for neither. Rothschild paid for his copy, but with great reluctance.

He (Audubon) further said that Ue sold seventy-five copies In America, twenty-six in New York and twenty-four In Boston: that the work cost blm 27.000, and that he lost $25,000 by it. He said that Louis Philippe offered to subscribe for one hundred copies If he would publish the work In Paris; this he found he could not do, as It would have required forty years to finish It as things were then In Paris. Of this conversation I made a memorandum at the time, which I read over to Mr. Audubon and he pronounced It correct, J. PRESCOTT HALL." Mr.

Hall died in Newport in When Audubon went to England In 11C6 he exhibited his drawings in public. The friends he made In Europe included Herschel. Sir W'alter Scott. Christopher North," Cu-vler. Humboldt, and St.

Hllaire. Ia 1817 he Issued the prospectus of his famous work. The Birds of America," which originally came out In numbers. Then the work was published In four folio volumes. The entire cost, aa Audubon himself told Judge Hall, was $133,000.

He had not money enough to pay the printer for the first number until, through the Influence of Sir Thomas Lawrence, the painter, he was enabled to sell some of his pictures. The first bill he had to meet amounted to rH. In 1828 he spent two months In Paris canvassing for subscribers, and it was then that, as he told Judge Hali. Louis Philippe made the offer to him to subscribe for 10O copies. In 1820 Audubon returned to the United States to solicit subscriptions.

It Is well known that, owing to the high price of the work, many persons withdrew their subscriptions. It is said that Audubon lost no less than fifty subscribers during the preparation of the first volume. RARE STAMPS AT AUCTION. A Part of the Late Rabbi Benjamin's Collection Sold. The first part of a varied and Interesting collection of United States and foreign postage stamps which the late Kev.

Raphael Benjamin of Brooklyn had gathered wus sold at auction yesterday afternoon by Percy O. Doan'e at 100 Nassau Street. The sale was by order of the Public Administrator of Kings County. The part sold yesterday comprised his Australia, Africa, and Oceanic stamps. The New South Wales stamps realized $180, the New Zealand $35.45, the Queensland $78, the South Australia and the West Australia The total realized for the Australias was fills and for the Africans $525.

The grand total was $1,524.05. A one-penny carmine stamp of New South Wales, issue of 1850. a fine used specimen, sold for $24.23. Another stamp of the same denomination and issue, but cut close, brought $11. lO.

A twopenco dark blue on yellowish paper, IssUe of 1850, sold for $10. A threepence of the same issue, fine specimen, fetched $'24. A two-shilling unused South Australia stamp. Issue of 18tKM8), brought $11.70. A one-penny Tasmania, Issue of 1853, fine copy, was sold for $10.25.

An unused two-shilling Victoria stamp. Issue of 1854-8, brought $15.75. A sixpence West Australia, issue of 1854-7. sold for $10.35. and a one-shilling of the same Issue for $10.10.

A wood block one-penny red of the Cape of Good Hope, Issue oi 1861, a fine copy, fetched $15.25. A wood block fourpenco of the same Issue sold for $7.23. Of the Mauritius stamps, a one-penny red of the 1851) Issue brought and a halfpenny surcharged on a nlnepence lilac, unused copv. $11.25. A claret-colored Natal issue of 1874-8, sold for gs.io, and a one-penny rose, issue ot 1801), for $7.40.

A one-penny rouletted stamp of the Transvaal, deep carmine color, unused copy, sold for 88.75. A twelve-cent l.ab-uan. unused, issue of 1880. brought The second part of the collection, which will be sold on June 15. will comprise Issues of North and South America, and a fine lot of foreign revenues.

Kuropean stamps will make up the third part, which will be sold on June 21). Stem7 Brotlhiers i HI Announce for Monday and Tuesday An Important Sale of HIGH CLASS DECORATIVE LINENS, LACE WINDOW AND BED DRAPERIES, BUREAU COVERS AND SCARFS. LACE WINDOW CURTAINS. Pr $62.50 to 550.00 Formerly $95.00 to 750.00 LACE BED SPREADS. Each 125.00 to 850.00 Formerly $185.00 to $1250.00 LACE TABLE COVERS.

Each 22.50 to 225.00 Formerly $43.50 to 450.00 THIRD FLOOR DECORATIVE LINENSy WITH POINT. VENISE. POINT FL ANDRES, FILET ANTIQUE. BRUSSELS. SAXONY, CLUNY AND REAL ANTIQUE LACES.

CENTREPIECES AND TEA CLOTHS. $1 1.50 to 95.00 Formerly $15.00 to 125.00 DINNER AND RECEPTION CLOTHS, 29.75 to 375.00 2b Formerly $39.00 to 575.00 BUREAU AND DRESSER SCARFS. to 85.00 Formerly $16.00 to 115.00 FIRST FLOOR os Twen ty raOOFff FRIENDSHIP: COST AYRES DEAR i Officer Says West Point Attack on His Wife Result from It. WARNED BY WOOD HIMSELF Thinks Ha Might aa Well Be Tried by Crocodilea aa by a Military Tribunal. POINT, N.

T-. June S. Warnings that his friendship for Gen. Leonard Wood would cost him hla commission In the United States Army have been received repeatedly by Lieut. Col.

Cnariee u. Ayres, sccordlrjg to a statement which be made public to-day. In defending his wife, Mr. Elisabeth F. Ayres.

from criticism by officers of the Military Academy, and suporting her suit to recover $100.00 In damages from those officers. Lieut. CoU Ayres said he had been tried on many charge and told many times that part of the animosity toward blm waa caused by his friendship for Gen. Wood. Wood himself, Lieut.

Col. Ayres said, has for years warned him frequently to be careful. He regarded Gen. Wood, he said, as one of the ablest men in the country, and he was one of the few officers went to Gen. Wood's cam pto congratulate him when he was promoted from Colonel to Brigadier General.

Ayres was one of the officers on Gen. Wood's firing line at Santiago. Lieut. Col. Ayres declared that the charge that the Influence of women at West Point is detrimental to the cadets or the academy is due to Jealousy, and that the criticism of Mrs.

Ayres la a tissue of falsehood by officers of the army anxious to hurt her. He said an attempt to settle the matter by appeal to a military court would be suicidal, as hla experience lute convinced him that military investigations are a f.trce and have been used for years as a means to destroy an officer's record. As to the treatment of his son, Henry F. Ayres, a cadet at the academy, by the commanding officers, he said that Mrs. Ayres waa first told more than a year ago by officers and cadets that her son was being singled out for persecution.

son has never mentioned this subject to his parents, but has accepted his punishment, but other cadets were not punished as he had been for the same offenses. The boy, he said, has been recommended three tlmea for a medal for saving lives, and one of his instructors had informed Lieut. Col. Ayres of his son's gallantry. Lieut.

Col. Ayres declared his wife appealed to the authorities for protection and tried. In the absence of her husband, to defend herself, as any high-spirited so-man might. The result was a cowardly attack upon her and her husband. The attack, he said, waa first made upon Mrs.

Ayres, and waa givn to the newspapers by those in authority at West Point. Lieut. Col. Avres declared that a Major General told him fifteen years ago never to appeal to any kind of a military tribunal for he might as well be tried by crocodiles. The action of the Secretary of War in excluding his wife from West Point waa taken on the report of Inspector General Stephen C.

Mills, who waa sent to the academy to investigate the charges and counter-charges growing out of the case. The officer declared that Col. Mills will be compelled to answer to a suit for malicious splander and compelled to prove his statements. Lieut. Col.

Ayres said he woud support his wife's suit. OFFICIAL ACTION PROBABLE. Col. Ayres Will Be Asked to Corroborate Correctneaa of Interview. WASHINGTON, June 8.

The interview with Lieut. Col. Charles O. Ayres, Fourteenth Cavalry, In which he Is represented to havo talked In strong disparagement of army courts, and ascribed questionable motives to army officers in connection- with the trouble that has arisen between Mrs. Ayres and the officers at the Military Academy, was received at the War Department with surprise.

Col. Soott, the Commandant at the Academy, was at the department to-day. but he, like all of the other officers and officials, declined to make any comment upon the charges of Col. Ayres. It was plain, however, that some official action Is contemplated, and that as a preliminary the officer will be called upon to state wneth-er or not the published Interview correctly sets out his statements.

i It is understood that a misapprehension exists in the public mind as to the steps taken by the War Department to relieve the friction that has been caused at the Academy by the collision between Mre. Ayres and some of the officers stationed mere. SprrtBnr Tuft lilmiAlf An A nA Indorsed tne. recommendation of the General Staff lu the matter, as well as all i f. the officials concerned, declln to nuhllah that action.

There is reason, however, to nenevo ina: was less drastic than re porter. thlrd str etf I'll STERLING SILVER WEDDING GIFTS Reed Barton's productions of Silver are famous for their originalitjr, of design, their substantial weight and their excellence of finish. We exhibit this season an especially attractive Collection of Wedding Silver at moderate prices Bon Bon Dianea from $5.00 Coflee Sets from Berry Bowla from 16.00 Sugar and Cream 8et from 15, Dainty Dishes 13.00 Bread Trays from 22J9 Sandwich Plates from 36.00 Baskets 10.94 Relish Dishes 10.00 Candlesticks, pair, 19,00 REEDsBARTON CO. StC" Fifth Si. Stcrliaft Silver Cmd Jeweler Art Stationary Stern Brotlhiers Farley Black Silks I Very Attractively Priced, To-morrow PRINTED FOULARD SILKS, various slxo dJU In nary and white, brown and white and black and whits, also Checked and Striped Taffetas, 4500 YDS.

BLACK JAPANESE SILKS. 27 Ins. wide, perspiration and waterproof, Lyons dyed, Colored Dress Goods Special Values vh Black 80(1 Nayy BIue A Qe 5uu Yds. -j Mohatr 44 at 45c Imported Neveltles at Greatly Reduced Prices in lengths suitable for Waists, Skirts and Dresses. Women's Waists DISTINCTIVE STYLES FOR PRESENT WEAR.

Ecru Net Lace Waists, lined with China SI 0c. Mannish China Silk Shirts, In black or white. Black Embroidered CIna Silk and Gun Metal Striped Silk Waists. Check Voile with Silk Embroidered Dot and Polka Dot Foulard Silk Waists, White Cotton Waists, trimmed Lace and Embroideries, with Final Price Reductions In Summer Wraps, Coats and Paletots OF REAL LACE, PONGEE, TUSSAH AND LINEN, SOME HAND-EMBROIDERED, ALSO WRAPS FOR AUT0M0BILIN0. Special AUTOMOBILE AND STEAMER COATS, in black and white checks, PONGEE PALETOTS.

IMPORTED AND D0HESTIC SHAWLS FOR SUMMER WEAR. INCLUDING REAL AND IMITATION CHUDDA, CHINESE EMBROIDERED SPUN SILK AND SHETLAND WOOL, ALSO EGYPTIAN SCARFS AND STEAMER SHAWLSi -Li Misses' Girls' Summer Apparel Exceptional Values MISSES' TAILOR-MADE SUITS, of White. Tan and Blue Imported Repp or Linen, seml-fittei coat, pleated skirt with fold. 14 and 16 yrs. MISSES' LINGERIE PRINCESS DRESSES.

of White Lawn, trimmed with Valenciennes lace. Dutch or high neck models, 14 and 16 yrs. MISSES' AND GIRLS SKIRTS, of Imported Repp or Llnon. model with fold, 35 to 39 inches. MISSES' AND GIRLS' JUMPER DRESSES, of Plain and Check Ginghams, embroidered, scalloped yoke, kimono sleeves, pleated skirt 12 to 16 yrs, GIRLS' WASHABLE DRESSES of White Lawn, also Imported Repp, Dutch neck model, Russian or waist styles.

4 to 14 yrs. Women's Summer Dresses PRINCESS JUMPER. TWO PIECE G0WN3 AND COAT SUITS OF NETS. LACES, ALL OVER EMBROIDERIES, ETC. For To-morrow's Sale PRINCESS AND TWO PIECE DRESSES, of French Batiste la white and delicate colorings, trimmed with embrol- dery and Valenciennes lace Insertions, xl.UUt X.5Ut dZZ) PRINCESS JUMPER GOWNS, of white and colored French Linen, trlmmedwith lace.

PRINCESS JUMPER GOWNS, of white and colored Pongette, trimmed with taffeta piping. PRINCESS DRESSES, of check dimity trimmed with lace Insertions. TUB SKIRTS, of Linens and Poplinette, TAILOR-ilADE WALKING SUITS At Greatly Reduced Prices of Broadcloths. Serges, Panamas. Fancy Checks and Stripes, with Eton and Hip Length Coats, 1 7.5 Former Prices $30.00 to 39.50 of Taffeta and SUk Lined Voiles, with Eton Coat, Former Price $39.50 West Twenty 3.93 4.95 3.93 4.95t 5.95,' 9.50 for Monday 1 5.00 14.50, $7.75, 10.50 11.50 2.95 6.95 2.95 17.50 12.75 7.50 ($5.50.

7.95 27.50 1 third Street IT.